Reclining-chair



(No Model.) G. A. KEENE.

REGLINING CHAIR. No. 244,463. Patented Ju1y19, 1881.

A/ITNEESEE I INVENTD R;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. KEENE, OF LYNN, ASSIGNOR TO FRANCIS A. BROWN, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

RECLlNlNG-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart-of Letters Patent No. 244,463, dated July 19, 1881.

Application filed January 26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. KEENE, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reclining-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a recliningchair embodying myimprovement. Fig.2 is a similar view of the parts which operate the back of the chair and portions of the chair.

A represents the frame of the seat; B, the back, and G the arms. On each side of the chair, near the back, is a strong piece, I), of the shape shown, said pieces being firmly secured to the seat-frame A and helping to support the arms. Itigidly secured to these blocks D are the links E, to which is pivoted ate the back B.

Pivoted at f to the seat-frame are the levers F, which pass up from the seat-frame, spring into openings 9 in the racks G, secured to the under sides of the arms 0, and bend through the curved slots H to the outer sides of the arms, where they terminate in handles F.

K is a connecting-bar, pivoted at k to the back, and at is to the spring-lever F, one such bar being on each side of the chair. When the back is nearly upright the spring ratchet-1evers F are in the rear notches, g. To lower the back, press the handles F inwardly, thus releasing the spring-levers F and dropping them in the notches g desired. When the chair-back is at its lowest its lower edge rests against the 3 5 blocks D, as seen in Fig. 2. Its pivotal point is at e.

The absence of springs and the simplicity of the mechanism afford strength and permanence, and the position of the handles make 40 the operation of the back simple, easy, and natural to the occupant of the chair.

If desired, springs may be placed in the spaces or pockets between the lower end of the back and the blocks D, so as to act as 45 Y GEORGE A. KEENE.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, ARTHUR H. BRIDGE. 

